Here is an astonishing report of police indifference and collusion in the matter, which appears to be just the tip of an iceberg of widespread kidnapping and enslavement of children. The collusion of local police is not surprising, but even the most cynical will be shocked by the passivity of non-local police.

In response to all this, the government has taken swift measures: not to punish the perpetrators and their enablers, but to make sure that news about it is strictly censored and not allowed to embarrass the authorities.

I'm looking for information about Hsiang Che-chun (pinyin Xiang Zhejun 向哲浚), who was the Chinese prosecutor in the Tokyo Trials. If you know anything about him, or know of people or resources that might be helpful, please send me an e-mail (dclarke at law dot gwu dot edu) to let me know. Thanks.

Here's an interesting piece of news: the Intermediate Court of Zhongshan City (中山市) in Guangdong Province recently decided a contract dispute according to Hong Kong law. The report states that this seems to be the first case Chinese courts have decided under Hong Kong law (I don't know how people can really know these things); there is no claim that it's the first case to apply non-PRC law. If anyone knows of such cases and can add a link, please do so in the comments. (Please note that comments, once submitted, don't show up until I approve them; this is an anti-spam measure. You won't see your comment right away, but that doesn't mean you haven't submitted it properly.)